Description of work: Filip A. Condeescu presents an evening of works at The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance as the culmination of his 2015-2016 BAAD! Artist in Residence. Filip is currently choreographing a new work, Togetherness Quintet, about overcoming adversity through the power of camaraderie, companionship and solidarity. The quintet includes 4 men and 1 woman. Filip will also be restaging his repertory work Perpetuum. This 7-dancer piece (5 women, 2 men) is a parable on the dangers of societies stuck in a spiral of dysfunction and destruction, and how far they are willing to go when threatened by a shift in consciousness.

Filip’s works are often non-linear narratives that capture and portray real characters and human stories (as opposed to, for example, purely abstract movement and forms using the human body as the medium). He is particularly intrigued by dancers’ personae and their energies. Dancers should be open to expressive storytelling and a fearlessness to portray the complexities of the individual psyche and social mechanisms.

Author

I am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a faculty member at Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning. I am also a former faculty member of The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program. I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications. Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me."